Robin Ball Manager Learning Services

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• Robin BallManager Learning Services

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• Planning for personalised online learning

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The Gilbert Review

• In 2020, the children who started Reception
  classes in September 2006 will be entering higher
  education or employment.

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The Gilbert Review

• Most school leaders in 2020 are now in their
  early years of teaching or still studying.

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The Gilbert Review

• Many of the parents of the children who will
  start primary education are just coming to the
  end of their own schooling.

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The Gilbert Review

• We believe that personalising learning and
  teaching must play a central role in transforming
  Englands education service

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The Gilbert Review

• The education system will need to act now if it
  is to transform the experience of children
  starting school today.

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The e-strategy
Learner-centred personalised learning Access to
online learning space by 2007/8 Learning
platforms embedded in schools Get best
value Affordable and sustainable services Fully
integrated, robust systems
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The e-strategy

• The initial provision objective is access to
• a personalised online learning space with the
  potential to support e-portfolios available to
  every school by 2007-08

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The e-strategy

• The aspiration is that by 2010 all schools will
  have
• Integrated learning and management systems.
• Schools and Local Authorities should be planning
  towards an integrated learning and management
  solution that provides the full range of
  functionality across every aspect of school life.

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The e-strategy

• One size wont fit all
• National strategy, ideally delivered at regional
  or local level
• Affordability economies of scale
• Reduced technological burden
• LA/RBC initial provision

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So what should I look for?

• VLE, MLE, CMS, ILS, LMS etc. etc.
• Most learning platform systems will offer a
  variety of functions in a number of ways, from
  basic, hosted systems to fully integrated,
  managed systems.
• There is no one-size-fits-all solution, and
  success will be determined by ensuring a coherent
  match of learning services.

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Forget labels and acronyms!

• Think about your requirements and look at
  available functionality
• communication and collaboration
• content sourcing and delivery
• content repurposing and sharing
• curriculum mapping
• assessment and recording
• accurate intervention and reporting
• effective administration

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Forget labels and acronyms!

• Think about your requirements and look at
  available functionality
• data transparency (adherence to
• agreed standards)
• connectivity
• security
• support and maintenance
• training

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Local Authority initial provision

• To provide access to
• communication communication and collaboration
  tools to enable both peer - peer and peer -
  mentor dialogue.

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Local Authority initial provision

• To provide access to
• individual working space individual online
  working spaces, for the school workforce and
  pupils.

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Local Authority initial provision

• To provide access to
• management tools to enable teachers to create
  and manage digital content to match user needs
  and learning styles and to report on usage.

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Local Authority initial provision

• To provide access to
• access safe and secure, anytime, anywhere access

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Procurement of Learning Platforms

• Some level of aggregated purchase is likely to
  achieve best value for money, reduced technical
  and support burdens and easy migration of data.
• Consult with your local authority and explore
  their options under the initial provision.

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Procurement of Learning Platforms

• Focus on the initial local authority provision
• communication and collaboration tools
• individual online working spaces
• tools to enable teachers to create and manage
  digital content
• safe and secure, anytime, anywhere access

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Procurement of Learning Platforms

• EU compliant procurement framework
• announced December 2006
• developed to support aggregated purchasing
• informed by functional specifications and not by
  product
• removes the technological burden
• rigorous evaluation process

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Procurement of Learning Platforms

• EU procurement processes included
• commercial review
• practical systems tests
• practical functional tests
• installation capability
• training assessment
• ongoing technical support
• quality procedures

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Procurement of Learning Platforms

• Procurement framework agreement
• supports aggregated purchasing
• based on standards and specifications
• robust, ongoing evaluation processes
• arbitrator for quality, standards effective
  deployment

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Procurement of Learning Platforms

• Becta will not recommend any one particular
  approach, and stresses the need for a five-point
  plan
• the product(s)
• installation
• maintenance
• support
• training
• The strength of a procurement will depend on how
  robust the statement of requirements is.

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Planning strategically

• Defining institutional readiness
• where are we now?
• where do we need to be?
• what needs to be in place?
• measuring progress
• Cultural change and change management
• new ways of thinking
• new ways of doing
• planning for change
• involving everyone

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Planning strategically

• How do you make it happen?
• infrastructural change
• involving everyone
• investing in new skills
• CPD
• Support for change management
• National Remodelling Team resources, Touching
  tomorrow
• NCSL (SLICT)
• Self Review Framework

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Planning strategically

• School development planning
• constantly under review
• exploiting new technologies
• continuous improvement
• short, medium long-term sustainable investment
• Building in accessibility
• from inception
• a constant

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Planning strategically
Implementation model based upon BT developments
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Dimensions of change
Success
Jacqueline S. Thousand Richard A. Villa
Managing Complex Change 2001
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Preparation for Learning Platforms

• Develop a vision for teaching and learning
  through engagement with SMT, teachers, governors,
  parents and learners.
• Use the Learning Platform Functionality matrix
  and the Self Review Framework to help gain an
  understanding of your current position and what
  actions you need to take in order to define and
  realise your vision.

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Support from Becta

• Learning platform functionality matrix
• online interpretation of functional
  specifications
• enables management to understand their current
  position
• supports the development of a vision for teaching
  learning
• provides suggested action plans for future
  development
• http//matrix.ncsl.org.uk

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Support from Becta

• Self review framework
• online tool to assess e-maturity
• readiness to adopt
• supporting change management
• enables management to establish current position
  and create action plans for future investments
• route to award of the ICT Mark
• http//matrix.ncsl.org.uk

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Support from Becta

• Practitioner stakeholder group
• online community to share experiences
• develop collaborative approaches partnerships
• involved in developing messages
• support, advice guidance
• to join go to Becta Communities

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Support from Becta

• Planning for personalised online learning,
  available from the Becta web site at
• www.becta.org.uk/publications

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Support from Becta

• Making the most of your investment in ICT
  guidance for school leaders, available from the
  Becta web site at
• http//becta.org.uk/publications

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• Questions